The Guns of 007

[tombogan03884]

Not to comitt heresy, or diss Bond, but honestly two things need to be said. The first is that the newest Bond (I don't know what his name is and don't care as he's anti 2A and not Sean Connery),but he is a lot closer to the Vic Mackey, Jack Bauer  type 007 that Ian Flemming had in mind than Roger Moore ever managed. The question remains though, given the fact, that Ian Flemming had Bond as a cold blooded killer,and given the time period of the late sixties, why the HELL didn't he carry a Browning Hi-power in 9mm or a .45 as opposed to a candy assed .380? (I could ask the same of Ruger LCP owners, but that would be unkind).
FQ13

Daniel Craig, and of course he's anti 2A, he's English, therefore his opinion is largely irrelevant. While I will agree that he is no Sean Connery, he is the most believable as a stone killer.
As to the pistol, Commander Fleming had Bond using the Beretta .25 because that is what HE was issued while serving with the SOE. As to why an ASSASSIN like Bond would not use a Browning, seeing as it has been general British issue since at least WWII, I do not know, I will point out that actual "Spies" rarely if ever need firearms.
As a side note, Bonds original nemesis was an actual organization. "Smersh" is an acronym for the Russian phrase "Death to spies" and was, during and just after WWII , the Counter intelligence arm of the KGB.

[Badgersmilk]

Well, I just found and bought the books at a book store.  In book number one "Casino Royale", page 007 (no joke!), it tells of him having a ".38 Colt Police Positive with a sawn barrel"!  The weaker guns were just in the movies I guess.  



I think I see why he sawed the barrel!